Machine for packing barrel-headings



{No Model.)

J. GREENWOOD & E. COLE.

MACHINE FOR PACKING BARREL HEADINGS.

No. 246,760. Patented Sept. 6,1881.

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JOHN eREENWOon, OF ROoHEsrER, AND EMERSON OOLE, OF BROOKLYN,

' NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOR PACKING BARREL-HEADINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,760, dated September 6, 1881.

Application filed February 5, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JOHN GREENWOOD, of the city of Rochester, county of Monroe, and State of New York, and EMERsoN COLE, of the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Packing Barrel-Headin gs and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional elevation view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a similar view, but at right angles to Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are cross-sections, respectively, in lines as w and y y of Fig. 1. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views. Fig. 7 is an elevation of a package of the headings put up in form for transportation or storage.

It is customary to put up barrel-headings in packages of convenient form for transportation or storage, said packages being secured by bands of hoop or strap iron crossing each other at right angles, and being secured by tacking or nailing on top.

Our improvement relates to a'machiue for doing this work in a rapid and effective manner.

In the drawings, A represents a solid frame of any suitable construction. At the top is a cross-head, B, which rests on screw-rods G O, by which it may be adjusted higher or lower. To this cross-head is permanently attached a head-block, D, consisting of arms cc and four segmental plates, 1) b, which form the headblock proper, said plates being separated by slots 0 c, which extend through and through, thereby allowing free passage of the bindingstraps, as will be presently described.

The head-block is made of conical form, and the spaces between the arms a a are made of considerable height and size, by which means a hammer may be driven inside for tacking or nailing the straps in place when turned in on top of the package.

In the center of the bottom of the head-block, and at the junction of the slots 0 c, is an opening, 0, which allows space for the hammer in driving.

E is a platform, which rests in the base of the frame and is vertically movable, being held in true position by suitable guides. in this platform are mounted two friction-rollers, d (1, upon a shaft,f, and in the stationary frame of the=machine are mounted two cams, g g, upon a shaft, h, the cams resting under the frictionrollers and raising the same and the platform as they are turned, and then allowing the platform to fall again when the shoulders of the cams are reached. The shaft of the cams is turned by means of a cog-gear, 1', or any other suitable means.

G is a follower, which rests on top of the platform and rises and falls with it. Rubber or other springs k k are interposed between the follower and platform, and as the parts are forced up, and with the resistance of the packings on top, the follower will yield and compress the springs, for a purpose presently to be described.

On the back and sides of the follower are set upright staves or guides l l, with spaces between, the diameter being such that the staves will pass outside of the head-block D when the follower is forced up.

H H H H are four arms, pivoted in bearingblocks m m m m, bolted to the edges of the platform E, so as to be adjustable in and out, as shown in Fig. The short ends of the arms restin notches n a of the follower; but the latter moves freely of the arms by the compression of the springs, as before described. In the lowest position of the platform and follower the arms still stand at an upward incline, as shown in Fig. 1. To the back of the arms and at the outer ends areattached flat springs p p, having at their outer extremities lugs or claws M, which project sufficiently to embrace the ends of the arms, and also to form shoulders to receive the bands of hoop or strap iron, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5.

The operation is as follows: In the lowest position of the platform and follower the cut headings are piled one upon another between the follower and head-block, the bands of hoop or strap iron having been previously laid at right angles across the follower, and resting upon the pivoted arms and between the lugs 'r r, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. 3. The plat form and follower are then forced up, thereby compressing the headings between the follower and head-block. As the pressure increases the springs k k will be compressed and the follower will correspondingly yield or fall back, so that its top will come below the short ends of the arms H H, and the edges of the headings striking the short ends of the arms will cause the arms to be turned up to avertical position, resting against the edges of the headings, as indicated by the dotted lines at the right in Fig. 1. This bends the hands up around the sides of the package, and the ends of the bands, being free, are then bent over the top of the package and carried through the open slots 0 of the head-block and tacked or nailed down, thereby securing the package in the form shown in Fig. 7.

The top of the follower is preferably made somewhat concave, so that as the pressure is applied to the headings the bands will be sure to bind fast at the outer edges and compensate for any inequality of the thickness at that point, which frequently occurs inv the narrow strips forming the outer edges of the heads.

By the use of the springs pp with the lugs 0'1 the bands are held properly in position, and the projection of the lugs causes them to strike the headings, and thereby force the upper ends of the arms close to the headings, binding the bands close over the top of the package.

The skeleton form of the head-block D and the height and size of the openings between the arms a to allow the stiff ends of the straps to be turned in over the package without bend ing, and also allow the hammer to be used freely.

Having thus described our invention, we do not claim, broadly, slots in the head-block, with enlarged openings above them for the passage of cords or wires; but

\Vhat we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a machine for packing barrel-headin gs, the combination, with the platform E and follower Gr, separated by springs k k, of the arms H H, pivoted to bearings of the platform, the short ends of the arms resting under the edges of the headings as they are packed upon the follower, so that as the follower is raised the springs will allow it to yield, causing the headings to strike the arms and raise them into a vertical position, as herein shown and described.

2. In a machine for packing barrel-headings, the combination of the platform E, the follower G, the springs k k, resting between the platform and follower, the arms H H, pivoted to bearings of the platform, and the stationary head-block D, as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

3. In a machine for packing barrel-head ings, thecombination,with the follower G, resting upon springs, of the pivoted arms H H, arranged in position with the platform to receive and hold the ends of the crossed bands which .rest upon the follower, as herein shown and described.

4. The combination, with the arm H, of the spring 1), attached to its back, and provided with lugs r 1', projecting forward of the arm, as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

5. In a machine for packing barrel-headings, the head-block D, constructed with arms a (1, having large openings between them,and with plates b I), having slots 0 0 between them, joining in a central enlarged opening, 0, whereby the ends of the straps may be turned in over the compressed package and be nailed thereto within the headblock, as specified.

In witness whereof we have hereunto signed our names in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN GREENWOOD. EMERSON COLE. Witnesses:

R. F. OSGOOD, JACOB SPAHN, H. M. PALMER, G. D. OUR'rIs. 

